"store is based on Dervish and Banges in the ""Harry Potter"" series. The second shop is Filch's Emporium of Confiscated Goods. It is a general gift shop (named for Hogwarts caretaker Argus Filch) offering Hogwarts souvenirs (such as clothing and stationery), replicas of props from the ""Harry Potter"" films, and other toys and souvenirs. The shop is at the exit to Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey, and is where guests can obtain photos of their ride experience. Live events at Diagon Alley include the Knight Bus interactive show at the London waterfront; ""The Fountain of Fair Fortune"" and ""The"
"the Malfoys look down upon due to her blood status). By the tone in Narcissa's voice, it is implied to be slightly more upscale than Malkin's. Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes is a popular joke shop that started as a small school business created by Fred and George Weasley in the fourth book. It opened its doors at Number 93 Diagon Alley in the summer of the sixth book, using Harry Potter's Triwizard Tournament Winnings as starting capital. Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes sells joke and trick items, useful novelties, sweets, and Defence Against the Dark Arts items. The front of the shop is"
"Ron Weasley Ronald Bilius ""Ron"" Weasley is a fictional character in J. K. Rowling's ""Harry Potter"" series. His first appearance was in the first book of the series, ""Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"" as the best friend of Harry Potter and Hermione Granger. He is a member of the Weasley family, a pure blood family, who reside in ""The Burrow"" outside Ottery St. Catchpole. Along with Harry and Hermione, he is a member of the Gryffindor house. Ron is present in most of the action throughout the series. According to Rowling, Ron was among the characters she created ""the"
"""Order of the Phoenix"", the two Weasleys set up their shop in Diagon Alley, which quickly became a huge success. Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes had to be temporarily shut down in ""Deathly Hallows"", because the Death Eaters were keeping an eye on all the Weasleys, but Fred and George continued to run an Owl-Order service. In interviews post-publication of ""Deathly Hallows,"" Rowling has said that George (after Fred died) reopened the Diagon Alley store, that ""it became a tremendous money-spinner,""and that Ron worked for him there after taking Auror training and going to work for the Ministry of Magic. In the"
"attends a Harry Potter-themed party hosted by Norman (Rhys Darby), in which Norman disguises as Ron. In ""A Very Potter Musical"" (2009) and ""A Very Potter Sequel"" (2010), parody musicals by StarKid Productions, Ron was portrayed by Joey Richter. Ron Weasley Ronald Bilius ""Ron"" Weasley is a fictional character in J. K. Rowling's ""Harry Potter"" series. His first appearance was in the first book of the series, ""Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"" as the best friend of Harry Potter and Hermione Granger. He is a member of the Weasley family, a pure blood family, who reside in ""The Burrow"""
"Ginny Weasley Ginevra Molly ""Ginny"" Weasley is a fictional character in J. K. Rowling's ""Harry Potter"" novel series. Ginny is introduced in the first book"" Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"", as the youngest sibling and only girl in the Weasley family. She is Harry's main love interest in the series, and she marries him. Ginny Weasley is a pureblood witch born on 11 August 1981. She attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and was sorted into Gryffindor house, along with the rest of her family. According to J.K. Rowling, ""the backstory with Ginny was, she was the first"
"throughout the series; in ""Chamber of Secrets"", they and Ron help him escape his house arrest from Privet Drive in a flying Muggle car, and give Harry the Marauder's Map during his third year. In ""Goblet of Fire"", they begin selling novelties under the name ""Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes"". Though their mother wants them to work for the Ministry of Magic, the twins aspire to own a joke shop, and Harry provides their start-up capital by donating his winnings from the Triwizard Tournament. In ""Order of the Phoenix"", the twins, like Harry, are permanently banned from Quidditch after a postmatch brawl"
"of their soul stays behind in their portrait. Prank objects from Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes are made and designed by the owners of the shop, Fred and George, who test their new creations on themselves and other Hogwarts students. There are also prank items which the Weasleys import from elsewhere, such as: Zonko's Joke Shop was a favorite place for Hogwarts students to shop on Hogsmeade trips. It carried ""jokes and tricks to fulfill even Fred and George's wildest dreams."" Such products include Hiccough (Hiccup) Sweets, Frog Spawn Soap, and Nose-Biting Teacups. Fred and George tried to buy the place to"
"possibly a cup originally belonging to co-founder Helga Hufflepuff, a third might be connected to co-founder Rowena Ravenclaw, and the fourth might be Nagini, Voldemort's snake familiar. They also inherit strange bequests from among Dumbledore's possessions: a Golden Snitch for Harry, a Deluminator for Ron, and a book of fairy tales for Hermione. The trio attends Bill Weasley's wedding, but during the reception the Ministry of Magic finally falls to Voldemort and the wedding is attacked by Death Eaters. They flee to 12 Grimmauld Place in London, the family home of Sirius Black, that Harry had inherited a year before."
"Warner Bros. to film the fictional locations in the ""Harry Potter"" film series. Places in Harry Potter J. K. Rowling's ""Harry Potter"" universe contains numerous settings for the events in her fantasy novels. These locations are categorised as a dwelling, school, shopping district, or government-affiliated locale. The Weasleys' home, known as the Burrow, is located outside the village of Ottery St Catchpole, also near the home of the Lovegoods, the Diggorys and the Fawcetts. The Burrow was used as the Order of the Phoenix's headquarters, due to the compromised Fidelius Charm placed on 12 Grimmauld Place, in ""Harry Potter and"
"Harry mispronounces the phrase near the beginning of the second book. Eeylops Owl Emporium sells owls and supplies such as owl treats and cages. Inside, it is dark and full of soft hooting, rustling, and the flickering of ""jewel-bright eyes."". It is here that Rubeus Hagrid purchased Harry's snowy owl, Hedwig, as a birthday gift in ""The Philosopher's Stone"". Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlour, under the management of the owner Florean Fortescue (founder and shopkeeper), sold ice cream and other treats, which could be enjoyed at outdoor tables. Harry spent pleasant hours there working on homework assignments before his third"
"to Mrs. Weasley's chagrin). In ""Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets"", the Burrow was described as a pig-sty that had extra rooms added to it. When a new child was born, Molly and Arthur Weasley just added an extra room onto the house. Outside the front door were a jumble of wellington boots and a rusty old cauldron. Godric's Hollow is a fictional village located in the West Country of England. It is noted for being home to a magical community like several other villages such as Ottery St Catchpole and Tinworth. The village was the home and final"
"initially in the Misuse of Muggle Artefacts Office. He is obsessed with learning about Muggle customs and inventions and owns a large collection of mostly Muggle used items. His department lacks funding, and his salary is only just able to provide for a vast family, leaving his family finances precarious. Mr. Weasley first appears in ""Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets"", when Harry stays with the Weasley family at The Burrow during the summer before the first term of Hogwarts begins. In this book, Lucius Malfoy tries to discredit Arthur when Harry and Ron are seen flying his enchanted"
"play ""Harry Potter and the Cursed Child"", Ron runs the store nineteen years after the events of the Deathly Hallows. Sells all sorts of equipment used in the wizard world and Harry buys his first telescope here. Hogsmeade Village, or simply Hogsmeade, is the only settlement in Britain inhabited solely by wizards, witches, and other magical beings, and is located to the northwest of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. It was founded by medieval wizard Hengist of Woodcroft who fled to Scotland to escape Muggle persecution of wizards in Northumberland. Much of Hogsmeade's architecture reflects its medieval origin; the"
"Weasley is the patriarch of the Weasleys, a family of wizards who is considered ""blood traitors"" by Death Eaters for their interest in the Muggle world. He is married to Molly Weasley, with whom he has seven children, including Ron, Harry's best friend. During his time at Hogwarts, Arthur belonged to the house of Gryffindor. Arthur is described as being tall and thin, and as having a receding hairline and horn-rimmed glasses. An affable, light-hearted man, he tends not to be the authority figure in the family; his wife Molly handles that area. Arthur works for the Ministry of Magic,"
"appearing back in the shop, sells Alice an egg, which promptly turns into Humpty Dumpty. On leaving the shop at the end of the chapter, Alice says: Alice's Shop Alice's Shop is a shop at 83 St Aldate's, Oxford, England. With 82 St Aldate's next door it is part of a stone-built 15th-century house that was remodelled in the 17th century. It is now a gift shop selling gifts, souvenirs and memorabilia, all based on Alice. 83 St Aldate's has long been a shop. In the Victorian era its customers included Alice Liddell, daughter of Henry Liddell, who was Dean"
"described as a fireworks display against the muffled backdrop of dull shops. Some of their products are U-No-Poo, Skiving Snackboxes, trick wands, spell-checking and Smart Answer Quills, reusable Hangmans, Daydream Charms, muggle magic tricks, Edible Dark Marks, Shield Products, Peruvian Instant Darkness Powder, Decoy Detonators, joke cauldrons, Wonderwitch beauty products and 10-second pimple vanishers, Pygmy Puffs, love potions, and more. Fred and George started using the name ""Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes"" in ""Goblet of Fire"" for a mail order business selling merchandise, including sweets to help students fake illness in order to skip classes. After an early departure from Hogwarts in"
"reversed after a hearing at the Ministry of Magic. Harry is whisked off by a group of wizards including Mad-Eye Moody, Professor Lupin, and several new faces, including Nymphadora Tonks, a bubbly young witch who is a Metamorphmagus (a wizard who can change their appearance without a potion or spell), and Kingsley Shacklebolt, a senior Auror, to Number 12, Grimmauld Place, the childhood home of his godfather, Sirius Black. The building also serves as the headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix, of which Mr. and Mrs. Weasley and Sirius are also members. Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger explain that"
"given in the novel. However, in the sixth and eighth films, it appears as a shallow metal dish, floating in midair and filled with a mercury-like liquid. During the eighth film, Harry removes it from the stone basin so he can use it to examine Snape's memories. Arthur Weasley owned a 1960 Ford Anglia 105E that he subsequently enchanted; consequently, the vehicle can fly, become invisible, and carry the entire Weasley family in spite of its formerly non-enchanted interior dimensions (also the Undetectable Extension Charm), among other abilities. In ""Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets"", the car is borrowed"
"mid-19th century by workers digging a drain at the north end of the village. Watton-at-Stone is home to the boxing promoter Frank Warren. ""The Sun""'s racing tipster 'Templegate' was also a previous resident of the village. It was the childhood home of the actor Rupert Grint, well-known from his role of Ron Weasley in the ""Harry Potter"" film series. The locomotive engineer Sir Nigel Gresley lived in Watton House until his death in 1941. The evangelical author and social campaigner Edward Bickersteth was rector of the church for twenty years from 1830 until his death in 1850. His one-time curate"
"she and her husband Harry Wexner opened a women's clothing store named Leslie's (after their son) on State Street. This store became the training ground for Leslie ""Les"" Wexner. In 1963, he borrowed $5,000 from his aunt and $5,000 from the bank and opened a store at the Kingsdale Shopping Center in Upper Arlington, Ohio. This store was named ""The Limited"" because the store focused on clothing for younger women, unlike his parents' general merchandise store. Later in 1964, Bella and Harry closed their store to join their son in his venture. The original board consisted of only the three"
"Research UK is helping to bring a little bit of magic to the children's lives in this way"", said Grint. In 2012 as part of the London Olympics, Rupert participated in the Olympic torch relay and carried the torch through Hendon in North West London outside Middlesex University Georgia Groome has been the girlfriend of Rupert Grint since 2011. Rupert Grint Rupert Alexander Lloyd Grint (born 24 August 1988) is an English actor and producer. He rose to prominence for his portrayal of Ron Weasley, one of the three main characters in the ""Harry Potter"" film series. Grint was cast"
"spurt in maturity after a terrible row with Harry. For a while, he effectively leads the trio in the hunt for the Horcruxes while Harry suffers a major depression. Rowling has stated that Ron's Patronus Charm takes the form of a Jack Russell Terrier, ""a really sentimental choice"" as Rowling herself owns a Jack Russell. Notes: Ron was born into the Weasley family on 1 March 1980, the sixth of their seven children, and the youngest son. His middle name, Bilius, is the same as that of a deceased uncle. Ron grew up in the family home, The Burrow, near"
"he cares about; the Invisibility Cloak, in particular, can hide two full-grown people. If three fully-grown people hide under the cloak their feet will be visible. When Harry reaches his age of maturity at seventeen, Molly Weasley gives him a pocket watch which had once belonged to her brother Fabian Prewett, as it is traditional to give a boy a watch when he turns seventeen. Throughout the majority of the books, Harry also has a pet owl named Hedwig, used to deliver and receive messages and packages. Hedwig is killed in the seventh book, about which Rowling says: ""The loss"
"Ginny Weasley. During the events in the book, it is set loose again by one of Voldemort's Horcruxes, and attempts to kill several Muggle-borns, but due to good fortune all its victims were merely petrified. The Horcrux commanded Ginny Weasley to kill all the school roosters remarked upon by Hagrid. When Harry discovers the existence of the chamber and of its location, Riddle reveals his identity and sets the basilisk loose upon Harry while Ginny's life force ebbs away. Fawkes helps Harry, by blinding the basilisk with his talons and carrying the Sorting Hat; Harry pulls the sword of Godric"
"hopes of saving Ginny Weasley, Ron's sister, who had been kidnapped and kept in the Chamber. Due to an accident with Ron's wand, the Chamber Entrance's ceiling collapses, trapping Ron on one side and Harry on the other. Harry goes on to rescue Ginny and save the day. Ron and Harry are given Special Awards for Services to the School for this, and he receives two hundred points, along with Harry for their success in the Chamber of Secrets. In ""Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban"", Ron's rat, Scabbers, already seen in ""Philosopher's Stone"", goes missing, which he blames"
"Alice's Shop Alice's Shop is a shop at 83 St Aldate's, Oxford, England. With 82 St Aldate's next door it is part of a stone-built 15th-century house that was remodelled in the 17th century. It is now a gift shop selling gifts, souvenirs and memorabilia, all based on Alice. 83 St Aldate's has long been a shop. In the Victorian era its customers included Alice Liddell, daughter of Henry Liddell, who was Dean of Christ Church, Oxford, which is opposite the shop. Alice, who used to buy sweets at the shop, was the inspiration for Lewis Carroll's ""Alice's Adventures in"
"and his mother leave in disgust. The Magical Menagerie is a magical creature shop that in addition to selling magical creatures offers advice on animal care and health. The shop is very cramped, noisy and smelly, due to every inch being covered with cages. Among the creatures in the Magical Menagerie are enormous purple toads, a firecrab, poisonous orange snails, a fat white rabbit that can turn into a silk top hat, cats of every colour, ravens, puffskeins, and a cage of sleek black rats that play skipping games with their tails. When Harry, Ron, and Hermione visit the shop"
"of the last Harry Potter novel, ""Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows"". The Norwegian author Ingeborg Refling Hagen is said to have buried a copy of the book in her youth, stating that nobody deserved to read about Nell, because nobody would ever understand her pain. She compared herself to Nell, because of her own miserable situation at the time. A shop named 'The Old Curiosity Shop' can be found at 13–14 Portsmouth Street, Holborn, London, WC2A 2ES, amongst the buildings of the London School of Economics. The building dates back to the sixteenth century in an area known as"
"again, this time to Hogwarts. In ""Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban"", the Weasleys win the ""Daily Prophet"" draw and use the gold on a trip to Egypt to visit Bill. They return to Britain and stay at the Leaky Cauldron with Harry and Hermione. Harry overhears Mr and Mrs Weasley arguing one night about telling Harry the truth about the supposed connection between Sirius Black and Harry; Arthur feels Harry should know the truth but Molly, feeling the truth would terrify him, assures him Harry will be perfectly safe at Hogwarts with Dumbledore's protection, and orders Percy Weasley"
"are magical receptacles in which potions are brewed. They can be bought at the Cauldron Shop in Diagon Alley. There are many different sizes and materials for cauldrons; Hogwarts asks students to buy a simple pewter size 2 cauldron, though in the first book Harry expresses a longing for one of pure gold. In ""Goblet of Fire"", Percy Weasley writes a report on cauldrons for his new Ministry job in the hope that it will push regulation of the thickness of cauldron bottoms, as he believes foreign imports are a safety risk. Gubraithian Fire is an everlasting magical fire that"
"Hooper's Store Hooper's Store is a fictional business and meeting-place on the television show Sesame Street. Its original owner from the series debut in November 1969 was Mr. Harold Hooper, and later in the early 70's assistant and later manager David, others include Mr. Handford, and Alan; these managers have been assisted by Tom, Cookie Monster, Bert, Linda, Petey, Dr. Gina Jefferson, Carlo, Natalie, Gabi, and Chris at times. The fictional store was said to be founded by Mr. Harold Hooper in 1951 as a general store. The food menu was extensive and suited to the different characters that lived"
"saying (in the film version) ""Diagonally"" instead of Diagon Alley (the book does not indicate what he pronounced) while using Floo Powder to get to Diagon Alley. Here Hagrid finds him (and narrowly rescues him from a witch with mossy teeth who was holding a tray with fingernails in it), while looking for Flesh-eating Slug repellent, for the school's cabbage patch. From there he takes him back to Diagon Alley, where they find Hermione Granger who takes them to the Weasleys. Borgin and Burkes is an antique shop, which specializes in the Dark Arts, located in Knockturn Alley. The shop"